Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-19
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
Some people believe that nowadays we have too many choices.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Student answer (Band 5.0)
In today's increasingly interconnected world, there are various opportunities for each and every individuals. In my view, I absolutely agree with the statement.
One major factor behind the development of choices is social media due to the fact that social media is the multi limbed development platform. Social media is proving employment to various people in different sectors considering their eligibility and merits. Choices are available for everyone but the willingness is crucial. People can have miltiple choices in different field like food, clothes, vehicles, jobs and places. Due to various scientific research and inventions, there are lots of opportunities for everyone.
Meanwhile, choices should be consider as per our interest. Their is no doubt about the increment in choices but it is important to make a decision among the opportunities. For example, if someone is not interested towars doing jobs then they can enter into business, But it is important to analyse which field is suitable for us . In few previous decades, people have different choice for food as well due to the awareness of different cuisines. Likewise, people have different options for clothing due to high spread of online shopping platforms.
Talking about my experience, after my +2, i had different feilds to choose in. I had to make decision about which area i fit in.There are different collage options as per my choices. When i am doing shopping, i have different options for food, decorative items, clothing, and grocery. It is only possible due to large scale of inventions.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response addresses the prompt by taking a clear position ('I absolutely agree with the statement') and exploring areas where choices have increased, such as social media, food, clothing, and jobs. However, the development of ideas is limited and at times repetitive. For instance, the mention of social media being a 'multi limbed development platform' is unclear and under-developed. While the writer extends some ideas with examples like changing fields after '+2', the reasoning tends to generalise without deep elaboration. The response meets the 250-word minimum comfortably, but the overall depth aligns best with Band 5.5 descriptors, earning a rounded 5.5 for limited and somewhat repetitive development.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay is divided into paragraphs, attempting a logical progression from introduction to body paragraphs discussing social media, lifestyle choices, and personal experience. However, the overall organisation is hindered by abrupt transitions and faulty cohesive devices. Phrases like 'Meanwhile, choices should be consider' and 'Talking about my experience' feel mechanical and disjointed. Referencing is occasionally unclear, such as pronoun shifts ('if someone... then they... us'). Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion is weak and repetitive, restricting the score to Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, touching on everyday and familiar topics like 'interconnected world', 'online shopping platforms', and 'cuisines'. However, there are notable word-choice errors, awkward collocations, and non-standard phrasing, such as 'multi limbed development platform', 'proving employment' (instead of providing), and 'increment in choices'. Spelling errors such as 'miltiple', 'towars', 'feilds', and 'collage' also appear. These lexical limitations and errors place the response firmly at Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'In today's increasingly interconnected world, there are various opportunities...' and conditional structures like 'if someone is not interested towards doing jobs then they can enter into business'. However, grammatical accuracy is weak, featuring frequent errors such as subject-verb agreement issues ('people have different choice'), incorrect prepositions ('choose in'), and tense inconsistencies ('When i am doing shopping'). Punctuation and capitalization errors (e.g., lowercase 'i') are also persistent. These frequent errors can cause some difficulty, making Band 5.0 the most appropriate score.
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